A giant python in South Sulawesi has turned a local encounter into an international record, and not just because of her size.

There are hundreds of deadly snakes in the world, but only a few that actually want to eat you—and have the size to do it. A 2011 research article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

A fossil snake discovered in India may have reached nearly 50 feet long, offering new clues about giant predators in ancient ...

The remains of what is possibly the largest snake that ever lived have been found in India - and it's a total monster!

At 23 feet 8 inches long, a wild snake in Indonesia has quietly stepped into global attention. Locals call her “The Baroness” ...

Scientists have uncovered a fossil of an ancient snake so massive it might rival or even surpass Titanoboa, long considered ...

A python reportedly swallowed a large farm animal — now, here’s something you don’t hear about every day. We know that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

Any report on invasive species is bound to have bad news, it seems, and a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey analyzing the threat from nine giant snake species is possibly even worse because ...